Project:About
This Wikibase hosts a structured, collaborative repository of learning materials created by and for Wiki In Africa over more than ten years of capacity-building work across the continent. It brings together training resources spanning across Wikimedia projects, skills, formats, and languages into a single, queryable knowledge base compiled on the Wikimedia tool forge
Purpose
- To document and preserve the training materials Wiki In Africa has produced for African Wikimedians, educators, and communities.
- To make these resources discoverable and reusable through structured metadata (campaign, skill, material type, language, country, and more) rather than scattered files or slide decks.
- To support ongoing training and capacity-building efforts by giving trainers, learners, and partner organizations a single point of access to vetted materials.
"To map Wiki In Africa's global network of people, affiliates, funders, and partners, using the same structured, queryable approach to make the organization's reach and collaborations visible and explorable.
How it works
Each learning resource is stored as an Item, described using a dedicated property schema (P1–P19) covering details such as resource URL, campaign, Wikimedia project, skill, material type, media format, language, creator, publication year, topic, review status, offline usability, country, and role. Data from this Wikibase powers a public-facing homepage with SPARQL-driven resource cards, available at: our Github and Tool forge
Source Projects
| Project | Wikibase Item | Meta-Wiki Page |
|---|---|---|
| 📸 Wiki Loves Africa | Item:Q4 | Wiki Loves Africa |
| ♀️ Wiki Loves Women | Item:Q7 | Wiki Loves Women |
| 🏷️ ISA Campaign | Item:Q5 | ISA Tool |
| 📱 WikiFundi | Item:Q6 | WikiFundi |
| 🎙️ WikiAfrica Hour | Item:Q9 | WikiAfrica Hour |
| 🌍 Inspiring Open | Item:Q10 | WLW Inspiring Open Podcast |
| 🏫 WikiChallenge African Schools | Item:Q11 | WikiChallenge Ecoles d'Afrique |
| 🏛️ WikiAfrica Heritage | Item:Q12 | WikiAfrica Heritage |
| 🔗 Cross-Cutting | — | — |
Audience
This resource is intended for Wiki In Africa trainers and staff, African Wikimedians and educators seeking training materials, partners and funders wanting to understand Wiki In Africa's network, and anyone interested in the history and scope of Wiki In Africa's capacity-building work.
Licensing
Structured data is released under CC0 1.0. Text content is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the Project:Copyrights page for full details.